{"594194":{"#nid":"594194","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Using Music to Crack the Code: Inside EarSketch","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EComputer programming and music don\u0026#39;t often go together, but Georgia Tech School of Music professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/music.gatech.edu\/content\/jason-freeman\u0022\u003EJason Freeman\u003C\/a\u003E has changed the way students learn both topics. In collaboration with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/magerko\u0022\u003EBrian Magerko\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.lmc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ELiterature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/a\u003E, he has developed \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/earsketch.gatech.edu\/landing\/#\/\u0022\u003EEarSketch\u003C\/a\u003E, a program that makes music and computing accessible for students of all ages.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe summer 2017 edition of the Georgia Tech Alumni magazine takes a closer look at the work of Freeman, a professor and researcher at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtcmt.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Center for Music Technology\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nUsers of the program can choose from a database of thousands of musical loops, using code to piece them together into unique compositions. The end result is a way for students to explore their creativity while learning programming at the same time.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;They\u0026rsquo;re learning a real programming language. It\u0026rsquo;s not some sandbox they\u0026rsquo;re learning in, it\u0026rsquo;s a real language that\u0026rsquo;s used throughout the industry. They can take those skills directly into another learning environment or eventually into a job,\u0026rdquo; Freeman says in the magazine.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFirst developed in 2011, the program\u0026#39;s userbase has expanded to more than 11,000 students per month. Many of these students are in Advanced Placement Computer Science classes in metro Atlanta high schools, but EarSketch\u0026#39;s userbase covers more than 300 schools in all 50 states, and more than 100 countries worldwide.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtalumni.org\/s\/1481\/alumni\/17\/magazine.aspx?sid=1481\u0026amp;gid=21\u0026amp;pgid=11131\u0022\u003ERead the full article.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Music professor Jason Freeman has developed EarSketch, a program that teaches students to create their own songs through coding.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"School of Music professor Jason Freeman has developed EarSketch, a program that teaches students to create their own songs through coding."}],"uid":"28750","created_gmt":"2017-08-08 19:18:30","changed_gmt":"2017-08-25 16:28:24","author":"Joshua Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-08-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-08-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"594071":{"id":"594071","type":"image","title":"Using Music to Crack Code: Inside Earsketch","body":null,"created":"1501860786","gmt_created":"2017-08-04 15:33:06","changed":"1501860786","gmt_changed":"2017-08-04 15:33:06","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226426","name":"hero.earsketch1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hero.earsketch1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hero.earsketch1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":325932,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/hero.earsketch1.jpg?itok=RxXJhxM1"}}},"media_ids":["594071"],"groups":[{"id":"1227","name":"School of Music"},{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14468","name":"EarSketch"},{"id":"1309","name":"music technology"},{"id":"1180","name":"Music"},{"id":"208","name":"computing"},{"id":"1346","name":"Jason Freeman"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}